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Carver-Hawkeye Arena is one of the loudest women's college basketball venues in the entire country. But that sold-out crowd fell quiet early during Thursday's game between Iowa and Illinois.
After diving on the court for a loose ball, Hawkeye senior forward Hannah Stuelke remained down in some pain. She had an awkward collision with an Illini player on the floor, with her elbow rolled up. After a short time down on the court, Stuelke immediately went to the Iowa locker room, holding that elbow. Freshman forward Journey Houston entered the game for her.
Iowa fans held their breath as they watched one of their star forwards leave the court with an injury in her last regular-season home game. The mood changed quickly when Stuelke re-emerged from the locker room and immediately went to the scorers' table to check back in, with a compression sleeve on her arm.
Seeing Stuelke seemingly avoid a major injury and return to the game is great news for an Iowa team that has visions of making a deep run in March. She's by far the most seasoned and experienced Hawk when it comes to postseason success, having a pair of National Championship game appearances under her belt.
The Hawkeyes will go as far as she and Ava Heiden can take them, and they need both of those players healthy for the stretch run. It's great to see the stud senior forward back on the court.
Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Zach on X: @zach_hiney
This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa women's basketball star Hannah Stuelke avoids major injury
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After diving on the court for a loose ball, Hawkeye senior forward Hannah Stuelke remained down in some pain. She had an awkward collision with an Illini player on the floor, with her elbow rolled up. After a short time down on the court, Stuelke immediately went to the Iowa locker room, holding that elbow. Freshman forward Journey Houston entered the game for her.
Iowa fans held their breath as they watched one of their star forwards leave the court with an injury in her last regular-season home game. The mood changed quickly when Stuelke re-emerged from the locker room and immediately went to the scorers' table to check back in, with a compression sleeve on her arm.
Seeing Stuelke seemingly avoid a major injury and return to the game is great news for an Iowa team that has visions of making a deep run in March. She's by far the most seasoned and experienced Hawk when it comes to postseason success, having a pair of National Championship game appearances under her belt.
The Hawkeyes will go as far as she and Ava Heiden can take them, and they need both of those players healthy for the stretch run. It's great to see the stud senior forward back on the court.
Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Zach on X: @zach_hiney
This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa women's basketball star Hannah Stuelke avoids major injury
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